Limpopo Health welcomes 28 specialists

Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has confirmed at a breakfast meeting in Polokwane on Thursday that they have appointed 28 medical specialists that will be placed in most rural medical districts.

Ramathuba says 11 of these specialists have already started practice this January.

She says the appointed specialists will be placed according to the nature of their qualifications in tertiary or hospital levels.

The University of Limpopo’s vice chancellor Professor Mahlo Mokgalong says the university is proud to have produced yet another group of health specialists, that will now serve the people especially in rural areas.

Mokgalong says this is proof that the university’s School of Medicine is a catalyst for professional health and shows the strength and competence of the training it offers.

Meanwhile Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba says the department is more than ready to open the first ever medical school in the history of Limpopo together with the University of Limpopo.

She says even though as a Department they have been struggling with acquiring a number of specialist surgeries in the province the medical school will help produce well-trained specialists to help in this field.

Ramathuba says the Health Professional Council of South Africa’s office in Limpopo has committed to granting them partial accreditation provided the department recruits specialists that will be working within the rural district hospitals and in the medical school.

She says she is excited that the Health Department team has delivered and together with the Limpopo government are at work to make sure the medical school will be a success.